- One crucial skill to build is to understand the underlying problem. For example if you take two addition word problems one about chocolates and one about pencils, it's natural for the untrained mind to think about chocolate associations for the first and pencil associations for the second. - It's important to help children to be able to identify the underlying problem structure. This is something that can be taught by giving examples in different contexts and helping children see the underlying concept. - This is something I've done quite well with Logic Puzzles ---- #curiousminds 233 - Daniel Willingham on Smarter Ways to Learn